Roddy Woomble - Everyday Sun EP '2020

Tracks list

Roddy - My new EP is not poems recited over music, or spoken word, but neither
is it a straight forward collection of songs. The idea for it was literally
conceived in a teepee in the Scottish Highlands. In September 2018, Andrew
Mitchell (my frequent solo collaborator and Idlewild band mate) Oliver Coates
(Cellist, Composer, Producer, Pal) and I were playing a concert at The Dell of
Abernethy in the heart of the Cairngorms.The concert was in an actual teepee,
although one with a capacity of fifty, a bar and a fire pit. In the twilight
between soundcheck and gig Oliver decided to compose a piece to function as
environmental music while the audience arrived, a dystopic collage of Roddy
Woombles cut-up phonemes with cinematic drones is how Oliver describes it. It
was to function instead of playlist music; to condition the atmosphere. Oliver
set to work recording me reciting several lines from my notebook, which were
then spliced and triggered by computer algorithm while cello & synth drones of
varying length looped and grew underneath the booming & panning cut ups of the
words, chopped in the tradition of Williams Burroughs to reveal subterranean,
cultish and hypnotic meaning through abstract play of sound. When played back
through the PA system it sounded both fractured and soothing and suited the
atmosphere of the evening - it was the start of autumn, with a chill in the air
- the audience was getting close to the fire, drinking beer and gin, with this
strange and hypnotic soundtrack all around them quietly playing. The concert
itself was lovely - Oliver played an amazing set followed by Andrew and I, with
Oliver joining us on Cello (and laptop) for several numbers. The evening had a
spirit of collaboration about it, a spontaneous and creative feel, in the cold
and magical highlands forest.

Oliver continued to work on the track and it appears at its original length on
the EP. Oliver titled it RW OC Cuttup as that was what the file was named on his
computer. It is really much more his work than mine, but he was happy for it to
be included on this EP which Im very grateful for. At seventeen minutes in
length I appreciate that it might be a bit too long or discordant for some - but
if you give it time its a very meditative and rewarding listen - good to have on
headphones while you are climbing a hill in the drizzle, or indeed sitting
around a bonfire in the Cairngorms sipping Glen Livet.

Tracklist:
01. Roddy Woomble - Everyday Sun (4:25)
02. Roddy Woomble - Context of Midnight (3:32)
03. Roddy Woomble - Straight to Blame (2:54)
04. Roddy Woomble - Secret for the Last Time (3:40)
05. Roddy Woomble - One Minute Out of the World (3:05)
06. Roddy Woomble & Oliver Coates - RW OC Cuttup (17:00)

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